I've noticed that certain circumstances cause me anxiety. One of these situations is when I have to drive while pulling a trailer. I've done it exactly twice. Once when we brought our wood flooring home to install, and then again on Monday when I had to go pick up a new mattress for Mark's room (and to double as a guest bed.) I thought I'd be fine this second time, since I'd done it before and all worked out fine. However, I was just as much of a wreck as before.
I didn't really realize that my nerves were outwardly visible until I heard Mark sighing, and generally making fretting noises. I asked him what was wrong, and the gist of it was that he was nervous about the trailer flying open. See, not what I was worried about at all. Detaching from the car, yes... me making a silly mistake and crashing into someone... yes. But not that it would fly open.
Mark and I had a good chat about letting grown ups do the worrying about grown up things, and talking about stuff with me when he feels nervous. I'm disappointed with myself that my anxieties rubbed off on him, in this situation among others.
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